Post Podcasting 3rd day!

Ladies and gentleman I have finally finished my podcast!! Not only have I finished, I've already outlined my lesson plan and completed my effective questions! So let's get this out of the way first

Here's my PODCAST

http://lheath.podomatic.com/entry/2009-09-29T07_34_28-07_00

Effective Questions:

1. Who did the little girl learn to walk from? Who did you learn to walk from?
2. Name three things that you have taught someone.
3. Tell me three things that you have learned from someone.
4. Name two things you wish you could do. Explain why you want that wish and who would teach it to you.
5. Draw a picture of you learning something with a friend and write a short story about it.

I think for my first podcasting experience it went well. I didn't have alot of trouble(except for syncing my sounds with the story) and I actually enjoyed podcasting. Podcasting would definitley be something that I would use in a classroom with students to help them with their listening skills if I taugh on an elementary level.

Pre Podcasting 3rd day =)

Today is sadly the last day of blogging. =( Today my goal is to complete my whole podcast WITH the sounds and to write down my effective questions. I know that recording my podcast with all of the sounds will be EXTRA HARD and FRUSTRATING but we'll try. If it doesn't work out the first 2 times then i'll just select maybe 6 or 7 sounds to record. I've found that with so many youtube videos up at the same time the computer runs extra slow so i guess i'll manage. I know that in the end my podcast will be to a young student's liking... well i hope so anyway. Wish me luck!!

Post podcasting => 2nd day

Right now I am highly upset =( because I was so excited to podcast and when i finished podcasting with small mistakes here and there and with ALL OF MY SOUNDS I found out the microphone on this computer doesn't work!! I guess I can't be that mad though, because i did manage to find all of my sounds get them at the exact time where the sound is the best, line them up in according order with the book and i recorded! I guess I made some progress :) I'm really happy that i got all of the sounds. I think that over the weekend ill try to figure out how to get background music and maybe when we have class the next time my microphone will work! =) So maybe this podcasting experience wasn't so bad!

Pre-podcasting => the 2nd day

Today is the second day of podcasting! I am actually really excited about this because I think I've gotten the hang of this podcasting thing. :) Over the weekend i researched some podcasts just to get some simple ideas about how to improve my podcast. I got some helpful hints like to talk clearly and at a normal pace. I also listened to some teacher podcasting and they proved to be helpful as well. When i listened to teachers reading stories i noticed that many of the podcasts had sound effects and nice soft music in the back. While listening I paid full attention because i was always waiting for the next sound like when the teacher would say "the door slammed", and a second later you a hear a door slam or when the teacher would say and "she cried all the way home" and you would hear some weeping. I thought it was pretty cool how they made it seem so real when it was only really a story. Listening to these podcasts makes me want to imporve my podcast so when people won't be bored and fall asleep while listening.

Over the weekend i also thought of effective questions. The book i chose is a fairly easy book so finding effective questions for the pre-k to kindergarten grade level wasn't very challenging. I got some good questions and im excited to share them =)

Post Podcasting

Well to sum up my podcasting experience it went great! I defintley over analyzed everything before. I was right it just is talking into the microphone. Maybe it seems that way because I'm just a beginner. The sound idea worked for the most part. It was a small minute teensy tiny hassle to bring up each window minimize it and then keep recording but i made it work. I'm glad mt book is one of the smaller easier lower grade level books because i got to page 4 or 5 without mistake and i know if i would have had a longer book with a higher grade level i would of been on the first page because i would want it to be PERFECT! I think podcasting is prettttyyy coooooll :)

Pre podcasting jitters...

Hello all again! Welcome to my third post entitiled "Pre podcasting jitters" which i think is a more than an appropriate title because i am definitley nervous! Its a shame though because all we're doing is talking into a microphone but i think... no i know its harder than it seems. I hope i don't mess up even though my book is like grade level pre-k! I'm kind of excited as well though. I have great ideas for my podcast and i really am looking forward to recording it. I just hope everything goes accordingly! =)

My Podcasting plan!
Yes yes yes everything must have a plan to go smoothly so here's my podcasting plan! But first let me tell you about my book. My book is about a little girl around the age of 5 or 6 who goes through the book learning things from animals and people she sees during the day. One page says " I learned to walk from my friend the cat." So that's the basis of the whole book.... "I learn to ______ from my friend the ___" So now for my plaaannn!
After i read each page i would find a sound some where on this wonderful thing they call the internet and play the according sound to the according page. So for example "I learned to jump from my friend the dog" could have a dog barking or a "boing" sound. I think that's a good idea but my dilema comes fromthe line "I learned to hide from my friend the rabbit." I'm not sure what sound i would use for that...because a rabbit doesn't really make a sound and when your hiding you don't make sounds either so finding a sound for a rabbitt and hiding....I JUST GOT AN IDEA! Maybe i can have it silent in the back and then someone say "BOO!" kind of like "i was hiding now im scaring you" kind of thing. I hope that works out... i hope this whole podcasting experience works out! Untill next time... =)

My second post

As promised here is my 2nd post.... entitled "My second post" . . .

For this blog I have some kind of guidance. I now know what im supposed to talk about so there won't be any random rambling about random things :)

so here were go...

What do i know about podcasting?
I know absoleutly nothing about podcasting. I haven't the slightest idea what you use to podcast! When i think of podcasting i think of a radio DJ speaking into one of those hang down microphones with the headphones on. Thats probably all wrong though! lol

What do i want to learn about podcasting?
I honestly really want to know EVERYTHING there is about podcasting. I truly believe that different kinds of technology will keep the attention of students. When we begin to do podcasting i plan to write EVERYTHING down!

Advantages of podcasting...
New technology in the classroom will ALWAYS keep students' attention. Thats about the only advantage i know about podcasting because i really don't know what podcasting is :(

Drawbacks of podcasting...
A drawback may be the time that is used to podcast...but i guess that relies on what you are podcasting.


My prediction....
I think at first ill probably be frustrated but when i do start to understand it ill probably love it!

I hope i did this right Pr. Luongo.